ABSTRACT

Controversial topics, too, require fair treatment of "both sides" of the question. Many large cities in recent years have wrestled with the question of offering large financial incentives to professional sports teams in the hopes of keeping them in town or luring them away from other cities. In 1984, the city of Indianapolis, Indiana, won the Colts away from Baltimore, Maryland, by building a new, domed stadium. But in 1996, Baltimore grabbed the Browns from Cleveland, Ohio. And so it goes.